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Ask HN: Is there a concept to icon mapping dictionary?
Has anyone created a list of mappings for common concepts to standard icons (font awesome / bootstrap etc)? For example if I want an icon to represent the idea of "settings" then I know that commonly maps to "wrench". However, I often find myself unable to easily make that connection, or wishing there was an agreed standard.
An example of one that is a bit more obscure would be the concept "type". If I want an icon that indicates the idea of "type" or "category" what would I use? Perhaps a mixed gender icon?
- abricot 10y agoI would say that the information that is published with emojis included in the newer UTF-8 standards seem to cover this. You can also have a look at Emojipedia[1] where there is a lot of information about each symbol. I believe there is a certain overlap between common icons and symbols used for emoji. There is also some information to be found in various icon style guides, se Google's[2] for instance [1](http://emojipedia.org/ http://emojipedia.org/) [2](https://material.google.com/style/icons.html https://material.google.com/style/icons.html)
- scandox 10y agothanks the emojipedia is interesting!